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Topic: Not Allowed to Use Search (Read 8027 times)

I clicked on the search button in the upper left and the reply I got was, "You are not allowed to search for posts in this forum." Since I've used search often in the past, I figured something was broken.

It's not broken, it's been disabled for a period of time in order to do some upgrading on the system and prevent further morning slow downs of the site. After months of trying to figure out what was causing the morning grind to a halt, we think we have the answer. It's not that the search function is malfunctioning but it triggers a problem in the database tables which need to be upgraded to handle a large forum. The forum will go offline starting Friday, August 9th at 6:00 pm EST in order to do the necessary upgrades so no search function until next Monday.

good, I'm so glad this is a known issue. I thought I was in trouble for something

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In the United States today, there is a pervasive tendency to treat children as adults, and adults as children. The options of children are thus steadily expanded, while those of adults are progressively constricted. The result is unruly children and childish adults. ~Thomas Szasz

snowdragon, I believe the Dame mentioned that she deleted a bunch of old threads with no recent responses in hopes of assisting with the slow down issue. So it isn't related to the search function but is related in that they are trying to get everything running smoothly again.

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After cleaning out my Dad's house, I have this advice: If you haven't used it in a year, throw it out!!!!.